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What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #6315

Kafka integration tests force safe-mode=true&batch-dml-enable=false on the consumer's downstream MySQL sink, limiting write throughput. This PR removes those overrides so the consumer can use the default unsafe mode with batched DML to write faster. The accompanying decoder and consumer changes adapt event metadata and replay handling to that write path.

What is changed and how it works?

  • Remove safe-mode=true and batch-dml-enable=false overrides from Kafka consumer test setup and integration scripts, using the MySQL sink defaults.
  • Reconstruct complete primary-key and handle-key metadata, including column offsets and index properties, so the default writers can identify rows correctly across supported decoders and storage schema files.
  • Reuse Open Protocol table metadata within DDL intervals while preserving the schema and column types needed by buffered events. Reuse previously seen Avro value schemas for deletes, and represent updates without before values as keyed DELETE + INSERT operations.
  • Deduplicate replayed rows after spill restoration and decoding, before submitting them to the sink. Match table, commit-ts, operation, and handle key; retain watermark-boundary state until it is safe to discard. This prevents replay from violating the batch writer's row-change assumptions.

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Tests

  • Targeted unit tests for consumer replay invariants and decoder metadata/type handling passed locally.
  • Kafka integration CI: the light suite passed; the heavy suite is pending at the time of this update.
  • CI is not fully green: the check and unit-test jobs currently report failures.
  • Full local spill validation is blocked by the existing filesystem usage limit.

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Will it cause performance regression or break compatibility?

The intended performance improvement comes from using batched DML and avoiding forced safe mode in the test consumer. No throughput benchmark has been run, so no quantitative speedup is claimed. The supporting changes preserve row identity, schema correctness, and replay semantics for this faster write path. No wire-format changes or MySQL sink logic changes are introduced.

Do you need to update user documentation, design documentation or monitoring documentation?

No.

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Walkthrough

The change standardizes reconstructed table metadata across storage and codec decoders. It records column offsets, builds public primary indexes, applies shared handle-key classification, adds DML replay deduplication, and enables batched DML defaults in integration tests.

Changes

Composite Key Handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared metadata contracts
pkg/common/table_info.go, pkg/sink/codec/common/test_helper.go, cmd/util/event_group.go
Adds shared handle-key classification, column-schema comparison, and row-locator validation. DML merging now checks table IDs and column schemas.
Schema and decoder metadata
pkg/cloudstorage/*, pkg/sink/codec/avro/*, pkg/sink/codec/canal/*, pkg/sink/codec/debezium/*
Records column offsets, builds public primary indexes, and applies shared handle-key flags. Tests cover composite, single, and absent key columns.
Open and simple index metadata
pkg/sink/codec/open/*, pkg/sink/codec/simple/*
Aggregates composite primary keys, reserves primary index ID 1, assigns distinct index IDs, and validates row location.
Avro schema integration
cmd/kafka-consumer/avro_schema.go, pkg/sink/codec/avro/decoder.go, cmd/kafka-consumer/writer.go
Loads and caches downstream table schemas for Avro decoding, validates schema columns, updates schema state after DDL, and preserves checksum verification.
DML replay merging and consumer wiring
cmd/util/event_group_merge.go, cmd/kafka-consumer/writer.go, cmd/pulsar-consumer/writer.go, cmd/storage-consumer/consumer.go
Adds transaction-aware replay deduplication, rejects conflicting row images, and propagates DML conversion errors.
Integration batch defaults
tests/integration_tests/*
Removes explicit batch-dml-enable=false options from Kafka consumer commands.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Consumer
  participant EventsGroup
  participant Decoder
  participant TableInfo
  participant MySQLSink
  Consumer->>EventsGroup: convert DML messages
  EventsGroup->>EventsGroup: merge fragments and deduplicate replayed rows
  Decoder->>TableInfo: build columns and primary index
  TableInfo-->>EventsGroup: provide handle-key metadata
  EventsGroup-->>Consumer: return DML events or conflict error
  Consumer->>MySQLSink: submit compatible DML batch
  MySQLSink-->>Consumer: complete flush callbacks
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 1b6eb

Legitimate DML can be rejected or receive misaligned checksum metadata, and keyless Debezium tables can receive invalid handle metadata. These production-path issues should be fixed before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The PR includes changes that are not required to preserve decoder primary-key metadata in [#6315]. cmd/util/event_group_merge.go adds 404 lines for replay-row deduplication, row-image conflict error… Remove the replay-row deduplication and unrelated high-watermark behavior changes from this PR, or move them to a separate change with separate requirements and tests. Keep the decoder metadata fixes and tests that directly implement [#6315
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 52.86% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 70 functions across 37 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
✅ Passed checks (3 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirements in [#6315]. Avro, Canal JSON, Debezium, Open, Simple, and schema-file metadata reconstruction now records column offsets, builds complete primary indexes, sets…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the Kafka consumer and its main goal of improving downstream write throughput. It is concise and related to the primary changes.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the issue number, problem statement, implementation details, test status, compatibility assessment, documentation assessment, and release note. It is complete and aligned with…
Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The PR includes changes that are not required to preserve decoder primary-key metadata in [#6315]. cmd/util/event_group_merge.go adds 404 lines for replay-row deduplication, row-image conflict errors, handle-key encoding, and callback retention. cmd/kafka-consumer/writer.go also changes high-watermark fallback behavior so events below the group high watermark are no longer handled by the previous fallback path. These changes affect general event processing and are separate from column offsets and primary-index reconstruction.

Resolution

Remove the replay-row deduplication and unrelated high-watermark behavior changes from this PR, or move them to a separate change with separate requirements and tests. Keep the decoder metadata fixes and tests that directly implement [#6315].

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In `@pkg/sink/codec/debezium/decoder.go`:
- Around line 372-374: In pkg/sink/codec/debezium/decoder.go lines 372-374,
update the primary-index append and handle-key classification flow to run only
when indexColumns is non-empty. In pkg/common/table_info.go lines 514-515,
update the shared handle-key helper to return immediately when the primary index
has zero columns.

In `@pkg/sink/codec/open/decoder.go`:
- Around line 492-513: The reconstructed indexes must have unique IDs while
preserving ID 1 for the primary index. In pkg/sink/codec/open/decoder.go lines
492-513, update the secondary-index reconstruction around the index-building
logic to allocate distinct IDs rather than reusing 1; in
pkg/sink/codec/simple/decoder.go line 489, assign each reconstructed index a
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In `@pkg/sink/codec/debezium/decoder.go`:
- Around line 372-374: In pkg/sink/codec/debezium/decoder.go lines 372-374,
update the primary-index append and handle-key classification flow to run only
when indexColumns is non-empty. In pkg/common/table_info.go lines 514-515,
update the shared handle-key helper to return immediately when the primary index
has zero columns.

In `@pkg/sink/codec/open/decoder.go`:
- Around line 492-513: The reconstructed indexes must have unique IDs while
preserving ID 1 for the primary index. In pkg/sink/codec/open/decoder.go lines
492-513, update the secondary-index reconstruction around the index-building
logic to allocate distinct IDs rather than reusing 1; in
pkg/sink/codec/simple/decoder.go line 489, assign each reconstructed index a
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// SetHandleKeyFlags records how the primary key is stored as the row handle,

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